https://consortiumnews.com/2015/04/15/americas-overuse-of-the-sanctions-option/

America’s Overuse of the Sanctions Option

April 15, 2015

America’s use of economic sanctions to punish various foreign adversaries has grown so promiscuous that U.S. businesses often don’t know when they might be crossing some legal line, thus inflicting financial pain not only on other countries but on the U.S. economy, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
By Paul R. Pillar
The roots and manifestations of American exceptionalist thinking go way back. One of those manifestations is the use of economic measures as a weapon intended to coerce or deny. The specific thinking involved is that such measures employed by the United States, and even the United States alone, should be enough to induce or force change in other countries.https://consortiumnews.com/2015/04/15/americas-overuse-of-the-sanctions-option/